The Blueshirts also signed yet another free agent forward who can kill penalties, former Calgary Flame Josh Jooris, 26, to a one-year contract.

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Jooris' salary was not immediately disclosed, but he made $975,000 last season in his second year playing for the Flames.

The Rangers' penalty kill was a disaster last season after being a strength year upon year prior. Jooris joins forwards Michael Grabner and Nathan Gerbe and defenseman Nick Holden (via trade) as players that GM Jeff Gorton has signed or acquired this offseason to address that unit, among other objectives.

Jooris can play all three forward positions and should compete for the fourth-line center position vacated by Dominic Moore's departure via free agency, though returning forward Oscar Lindberg also will be gunning for a role in the middle.

Jooris, who also takes face-offs, had 16 goals and 37 points in 119 games the past two seasons for Calgary and ranked fourth among Flames forwards in shorthanded ice time last season.